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David James Archuleta (born December 28, 1990) is an American singer-songwriter and actor. At ten years old, he won the children's division of the Utah Talent Competition leading to other television singing appearances.[6] When he was twelve years old, Archuleta became the Junior Vocal Champion on Star Search 2.[6] In 2007, at sixteen years old, he became one of the youngest contestants on the seventh season of American Idol.[7] In May 2008 he finished as the runner-up, receiving 44 percent of over 97 million votes.

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DAVID ARCHULETA VIDEO VLOG!

“I wanted to let you guys know March is the last month I have left before I leave. Keeping busy this month to make sure everything falls into place, though! There will be music! Sorry if this is so long and rambly again.”

One Month

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121 Responses to “DAVID ARCHULETA VIDEO VLOG!”

stenocruisersaid

Oh my, David, I start watching and I can’t stop smiling. Then you talk about your mission and I feel sad that you are soon leaving — until I see how excited and happy you are about it. Then I smile again when you talk about the music you will be leaving for us. Then I laugh when you run to get the cat to show us. My goodness, you are so special. May God bless you and keep you, David.

sunnysaid

Wow, this vlog really brings up a lot of emotions for me!! Happy that David seems so happy but sad to know he is leaving so soon!

EXCITING NEWS! @WISE_RADIO is doing a feature on David this Sat. March 3rd, at 2 & 9 pm EST. It is an online station that plays amazing music by David, Cook, Adam Lambert, Lee Dewyze, etc.!! To listen online: http://www.live375.com/stations/shynner or download their app: http://www.live365.com/index.live They have been amazingly supportive of David’s music! You can tweet them requests everyday/night to @WISE_RADIO Be sure to listen this Sat, March 34d, at 2 & 9 pm EST!!

Heidijoysaid

Love the Vlog!! Glad he is announcing that it’s his last month, so we can gradually adjust!!
When he tweeted the Box number, I was afraid for a bit, that he was just going to take off.

Loving the news about music and him saying he is not feeling overwhelmed but that things are falling in place. He seems quite happy.

Happy he can be there with his family and friends while he is doing the music.

I’m with you Tawna on the subtitled DVD. I’ve sent tweets periodically to @Percy from TV5 as have others and he keeps saying he hears us and is seeing what can be worked out. He mentioned legalize at one point and I’m sure since it wasn’t in the original contract, they would have to everyone’s approval. Not sure if that’s the full twitter title for him but will look. He sends out at least one tweet a day related to the series.

Annie318said

hi archupeeps~ this vlog is so sweet. it gives me a lump in my throat.

a while back there was talk of getting david on television before he goes. I’ve been thinking about it and I have a thought. I watch the bill o’reilly show on fox news. at the end of the show he does a little segment called “Pinheads and Patriots”. A couple of weeks ago he named Taylor Swift as a patriot for all of her good works. I think David more than qualifies as a patriot. If we all sent emails in maybe it could happen!

Since O’Reilly gets a lot of emails he has said if we wish to write to put the subject in ALL CAPS and to make it eye catching and short. I thought I would put :

DAVID ARCHULETA ~PATRIOT!

We could say David is a patriot because of all the charities he supports and in addition nobody sings the national anthem like he does!!

djafansaid

My iphone is just wanting to work when it wants so sneaking in a comment while I can. Will be home tomorrow night and will catch up on the miniseries. Love this vlog..he looks so happy and I’m happy for him…can’t wait to start marking off my calendar..the sooner he’ll get back. Good idea about contacting O’reilly. He’s my #1 patriot!! It’s another good way to keep his name out there!!

sjsaid

sj Says:
March 1, 2012 at 8:14 pm
Want to pass along some fan excitement from FOD. Kimk a regular poster over there suggested we all send postcards from where we are from. We could start this now kind of as a send off and it could be pretty awesome if he had stacks of well wishes from all over the world. Then those that wanted to throughout his mission could send postcards from places they visit or an update from their city or whatever.

Seems like something he could get the gist of without burdening him with long letters which he probably won’t have time to read anyway. Just wanted to share and please pass it along to all fansites you visit.

PattiNCsaid

Dayzeesaid

I just can’t help it. When David is talking to me I just have an enormous smile. Even when he is telling me goodbye I am still smiling. He seems so dang happy and satisfied with the adventures of his life.

And here he is down to the last few days and still filling up our goody bags for when he is gone. He gives and gives and gives.

Heidijoysaid

Nice seeing you out and about to Djafan!! Have tried talking Brian Mansfield into doing a phone interview of David before he leaves.
He always does a nice interview of David.

SJ Like the postcard idea!! I’ve made sure David has had a number of Iowa postcards over the years. ha!ha! Hinting at stopping by. But yes while he is gone that would be great as he won’t have time for letters etc.

Awww, David. He is such a sweetie. Love the vlog. So funny when he was talking about the snow, and the Bunny Suit. lol and he seems happy. I’m glad for that. But the mention of him leaving, made me a little sad. I’m gonna miss him. But then I went back and watched the part about the bunny suit and found my smile again. 🙂 It’s just such a joy to see him smiling and laughing.

sj,
I like the postcard idea. Not too bulky, and easy for him to read quickly. I think I’m going to do the postcard. Thanks for the idea!

Dja,
So cool that he’s trending again! It’s amazing how much David love is out there. ♥ I hope he knows/sees all these TTs.

WONDERFUL VLOG thanks. David, you are so good to us.
and now we know when.
I LOVE the postcard idea. picking some up tomorrow. plan to do a lot of writing.
I love seeing all the ideas here in comments.

Abrrasaid

looks like everyone is catching some zzzzzzzzz’s this morning?
Just watched today’s episode. Cannot wait to see the english subtitles on this one!
May be my favorite one yet, with a some lighter moments and lots of David smiles♥

Abrrasaid

My favorite moment today was the last scene in the preview. Josh is in trouble and Anya yells for help as we see his MOM come into the scene. Someone is always saving his hide! 😉 I suspect that his Mom is hiding from mean Uncle Steve by living on a remote island.

betsysaid

Just read a very interesting article about a workshop given by John Mayer at Berklee. Gave me some things to think about. Here is a quote and a link, if you are interested:

• The Idea of “Right Time, Right Place”
“Not true! That would be true if you only played one show for your entire life. Then, the mathematical construct would make sense that you have to be in the right time at the right place. Forget about right time right place – it doesn’t exist! You create your place and you create your time through what you’re doing. It’s not about getting your foot in the door or meeting a person and them giving you an opportunity. Doesn’t exist. Does. Not. Exist. Nobody is going to sign you at a record company anymore – they’re not in the business of building an artist from scratch anymore. You got to bring them what you already have. “
Instead, John Mayer encouraged students at Berklee to focus on their craft and to prepare themselves for their career without concern for depending on others for a lucky break. Mayer concluded that this first myth is “dismissive of what you can actually do. It’s dismissive of your actual talent.”

djafansaid

djafansaid

There was an edit on David’s OS regarding mail, no parcels. So SJ I think your postcard idea is great! I’m going to tweet it so all can join in. Lots of peeps are talking about it. It will be great for David to receive postcards from all over the world!

Hi All! I love your idea about writing to Bill O Reilly! Can you pass that idea along to the other sites with information on how to contact him? I would love to help do this.

I love KimK’s idea of sending David postcards!
That is just brilliant! I can’t imagine the mail he is going to get!

David’s vlog is just another reminder of how much David does for others. There is no one like him. He is a giver and a pleaser.

The David Archuleta Music Scholarship campaign began yesterday, so I would like to encourage all of you to help us give some music students at Murray High (DA’s high school) a scholarship in his name. It will be nice to help others who love music to pursue their dreams as David has done. We have a goal to reach 300 donors before David’s leaves on his mission. Please join together with fans around the world to show David some love. By gifting others, we are really gifting David too. This was inspired by David’s generosity to others. We are just trying to “pay forward” his goodness. I think everyone wants to “give back” to David. This is one of the ways fans can do this.

I’ve sent my short but sweet e-mail off to Bill O’Reilly. I’ve also made made my donation to the music scholarship for David’s high school.
The excitement in David’s voice and the smile on his face has warmed my heart. He is so giving! I can’t be nothing but happy for him!

ramsaid

I think it’s great that we want to recognize David for his talent and achievements but I personally don’t feel that The O’Reilly Show as it one those political shows is the way to do it. Of course, everyone each to his/her own opinion.

Blueberry Icesaid

David’s vlog … he is just too precious! Gonna miss these vlogs so much!!!!!

Sj; Thanks for sharing the postcard idea … grateful that we can show our support to David even while he’s gone!

Bluesky; #28 … Hmmm … interesting food for thought; makes me think that David is in a good place and thankful that he has the guts to be true to the kind of artist he wants to be.

Dja; #30 … Watching these episodes is even better the second time around, though wish it was more in focus or maybe I just need my eyes checked or do I just chalk it up to the Josh Bradley Infection, haha!

One of my favorite moments is when Holly says to Josh, “your smile is more than enough!” She gets him like we do! 😉

Betsy; #27 … Nothing tops sassy David sticking out his tongue behind Anya’s back … after all the drama, sure enjoyed this lighthearted side of Josh!

David is doing so well isn’t he? Every different expressions and emotions seems to come so naturally. Kudo’s to him for not only for taking on this dramatic role but for convincingly pulling off all the interactions with his fellow actors despite not knowing any tagalog. Even with the dialogue translated, it’s got to be challenging but the scenes flow so easily, the timing on cue and the delivery effortless … no wonder the director & the other actors were so impressed! Gosh, next week sure looks like it’s going to be gut wrenching!

Well, gotta say that twittering is more fun than I expected … so great to see David & Nandito Ako trend worldwide for the past two weeks!

Spiritsaid

I’ve been out of town the last few days and away from my computer, so have spent the evening catching up on everything here in Archuleta land. I was admiring the picture of David in the top left sidebar (actually staring at it for an unknown length of time!), and then I finally read the quote that was posted under it. Was so surprised (and excited) to see that it was my quote!

I had mentioned that I saw Kenny Loggins recently. Another of my favorite artists from the past is John Denver. If David ever covers “Perhaps Love”, I don’t think even the paddles would help me!!

I want to thank all the administrators again for all that you do to make this site so special.

Bebereadersaid

John Denver is so dear to my heart. I was a huge fan of his from way back. “Perhaps Love” is one of my favorite songs he did so thanks for posting. The subject of John Denver crossed these pages many times and we realized that many of David’s fans were also fans of John Denver.
Coincidence? Hmmm….

I hope David will one day cover one of John Denver’s songs. This Old Guitar, Sunshine on my Shoulders, Sweet Surrender, How Can I Leave You Again and many more songs come to mind.

kayceesaid

Such a great episode of Nandito Ako today! Can’t wait for next week! They’re not making it easy for poor Josh to choose between the girls!…Holly, so devoted and willing to help against all odds and it looks like sick as well…and Anya, the destined girl from the fire, fiesty and the underdog. Both so beautiful and with great chemistry. And, we’re not even half way through! I can’t wait to see the evolution of Josh’s relationship with Anya begin now…haha, it looks like it starts out pretty rocky!

My poor body doesn’t understand weekends–it’s so accustomed to waking up early now that I can’t turn it off! Actually, after the first week of the show, I decided that it would be much easier to watch it after work, without all the commercials and delays, and get a bit more sleep, but my body keeps waking up at the early starting time each day! As a matter of fact, Iast night I actually dreamed that I woke up at 6:15, worried that I’d missed the beginning of the show, but then (still dreaming) realized I could go back to sleep and catch it later, only to wake up right at 6:00! Aaaahhh! I think I need intervention!…Archuvention!

I’m so amazed at all this young man has done and is doing for his fans before he leaves on his mission!…always thinking of others. What a great example to the young (and not so young) people of the world!

Gayle122890said

The covers album-what a thoughtful way for us to stay connected to him that David will be leaving us. It will be something special. And as he said, also for us to think of where his mind will be as he goes about his very different and separate task that will be his mission. Spiritual songs? Lovely pieces like ‘Perhaps Love”? God bless you, David. Please take with you the assurance that we WILL be waiting. Counting down the days til that day when it will be announced throughout the fandom: DAVID IS BACK!! I wonder if anyone has suggested to David to book a large venue for his first concert appearance upon his return? I mean, everyone of us fans have 2 years to plan, save, do whatever we need to do to be able to attend that first show when he comes back. Wherever that may be. Hey, now there’s a plan for me! Wouldn’t it be something if thousands of us fans would pack an arena and gave David the biggest, most loving-est welcome any artist ever got? We have 2 years, peeps. Just a thought.

Going to sleep now, with that beautiful, soothing, WYA and that soft velvety voice that will be my pillow.

KHsaid

This is one of those posts where I opened the page and saw the photo, tried to scroll down and scrolled back up to look at the photo, tried to scroll down and scrolled back up to … etc etc. LOL! Such a great photo of David there!!

Bebe, I am so with you on the John Denver songs. His was my first concert and his songs have been favorites for most of my life. Songs I’d want David to cover (that you didn’t mention): music love because he sings about nature, which I love. I’d add

Gayle, I adore that thought and I’ve had my change jar going since a few days after his announcement. I think, as hard as his leaving is going to be, we will adjust and the anticipation and excitement surrounding his return are going to be cuuuuu-raaaaaaaaaazy good.

KHsaid

Okay. Here’s an addiction to Bebe’s list: I Want to Live, Farewell Andromytta, Like a Sad Song (I don’t know if I’d ever recover, though.) I love Annie’s Song but I guess that one feels too personal to John, I guess.

Thank you, Bebeeee! Nandito Ako has now been relocated (I think it moved next door so it can visit any time it wants) and Wherever You Are has taken up residence in my head. lol I LOVE his voice on that song. ♥

And the soap, well, feisty David … and Anya treating him like he’s nobody special … is all kinds of win. David/Josh was so funny! That was the best scene so far.

Oh, and I love Holly’s nanny. Fangirl, big time. haha I thought for a second she was gona kiss him!

42. Angelofdja
“David would not be appearing on the O’Reilly show. His name would be mentioned at the end of his show where Bill has his patriot segment.”
thanks for clearing that up angel.yep Its just a short segment at the end of the show.I sent a short few lines to The Factor about David’s charitable giving heart, and the way he sings patriotic songs so beautifully and the great respect he has always shown our troops.and that he is putting his career on hold to do missionary work.
8. annie318 so Annie thanks for the sweet idea,IMO, I really don’t see anything wrong with it.and the show has huge viewership.

Gayle….”Going to sleep now, with that beautiful, soothing, WYA and that soft velvety voice that will be my pillow.”
WYA has been my nightcap since David first sang it♥

Bebe♥ I so agree.can you just imagine Sunshine on My Shoulders! eeeeeeeek!
Denver too had that contagious bright eyed zest for living life to the fullest,and singing and writing from his heart about things he cared about like David.I can see how many of us were Denver fans. all those songs you mentioned…ahhhh would love David to cover a Denver song one day! I was a huge fan,bought all his records went to his concerts. but still never felt about him, or anyone else the way I do about David:))

This video! You could see at about 3:16 the part of the video where he’s wearing the outfit above. I’ve watched that part about 100 times already, I can’t wait for Forevermore! David segment starts at 1:17.

emmegirlsaid

bebe- I’m pretty sure we’ve talked in the past about our John Denver love. lol Sweet Surrender would be an AWESOME David cover and because it’s my personal favorite, would love to hear him do Annie’s Song. ♥

Annie318said

# 54 skydancer1x ~ thank you for clarifying what the o’reilly show patriot segment is. bill is a very big charitable giver. I know he would respect David for that. Also saying that at the height of David’s career he is leaving for 2 years to do missionary work. I didn’t think my original post all the way through. Thank you sky for including all the most important points. the o’reilly show has been the # 1 cable news show for the last 10 years. This would give David tremendous exposure and keep his name & beautiful face out there.

Abrrasaid

sunnysaid

Just wanted to let everyone know that @WISE_RADIO had a 2 1/2 hour segment on David earlier today! It was beyond amazing!! The are having Part 2 tonight (3/3) at 9 pm EST. Use this link to listen: http://live365.com/stations/shynner

Abrra: Is there anyway you can do your MP3 magic on the songs they play? Seriously, it was such an amazing 2 1/2 hours! They had old songs, new songs, acappela (spelling), live stuff! I was in “Heaven” & oh by the way they played a live version of that too!!!

Abrrasaid

Sunny
The file would be too large to work with, for me. If you listened today, you could hear pretty much what I have in the Candy Jar as far as live songs, including many “Heavens” 🙂 Sounds like “shuffle” on my iPod. 🙂

emmegirlsaid

Spiritsaid

Bebereader an KH – You had some great John Denver songs on your lists. They are some of my favorites, too. I don’t think that anyone has mentioned my all time favorite song of his, Looking for Space. The lyrics always remind me of David and the journey that he is on in his life. These lines especially:

On the road of experience trying to find my own way
Sometimes I wish that I could fly away

And I’m looking for space and to find out who I am
And I’m looking to know and understand

Also- “sometimes I fly like an eagle” because David seems to frequently incorporate flying into his songs.

lanisaid

Jen Asaid

Dayzee you have some mad interior decorating skills going on! Heh, that would be a fun contest to see who has the most “artful decor” in the land! 🙂
Let’s just say that Dayzee’s decor wouldn’t fly with Mr. A…

Spirit, hearing that song from John Denver’s “Windsong” album just took me back to my parents’ empty living room where I would sit and listen to that album over and over with the honking big stereo headphones on. My son is almost the same age I was when that album came out so it made me smile and I wanted to thank you for posting!

Even as a 10 year old I could appreciate the beauty and imagery of the lyrics and how John’s soothing voice made me feel. Happy Sunday!

Dayzeesaid

Spirit, thank you so much for reminding me of how much I used to love listening to John Denver!! Looking for space is such a beautiful song. I’ve just gone and downloaded a John Denver album on iTunes!!

Bebereadersaid

Another great night in chat! We watched old and new videos until the wee hours and when I left, which was rather late, there was still a full house.

Dayzee, Thanks for the glimpse of your David wall. It immediately put a smile on my face as I’m sure it does to you when you’re there. Kudos to you!

For those interested in NA with English subtitles (someone
asked about it in chat last night), it’s on facebook with Episodes 1-9 subtitled in English plus the first half of Episode 10 subtitled in English. Here’s the link:http://www.facebook.com/NanditoAkoTVSeries

Spiritsaid

Skydancer1x – I really agree with your comment:
“Denver too had that contagious bright eyed zest for living life to the fullest,and singing and writing from his heart about things he cared about like David.I can see how many of us were Denver fans. ……….. but still never felt about him, or anyone else the way I do about David:))” Yep….David is in a league of his own!

FunfeeFiona – I have recently downloaded a few John Denver songs, too. Since 99.9% of my ipod is David, had to squeeze John into that .1% .

Dayzee, verrrry nice room! Made my hubby laugh. I have an 8×10 hand drawn sketch by my computer that was given to me (it’s gorgeous), and that’s all I display. I just play his music all the time. Everyone knows that I have my ‘David Box’ that is popping it’s lid off it’s so full (I’ve got another one ordered).

Chat was fun last night. It’s going to be interesting to see how close the NA story line comes to matching what was discussed last night. 😉

PattiNCsaid

Evening…Count me on the John Denver bandwagon! (think I’ve mentioned it before) I caught his PBS special and found myself in tears. I was obsessed (OJD???) with him, had every album, knew every word and could probably still sing along today. I even had his I Want to Live display album jacket from a record store in my room! 4 ft x 4 ft!! 🙂

Been very busy lately at work. More of that later. Have missed you all but have not missed a single episode of Nandito Ako. haha. Priorities are important.

Loved John Denver. This was my favorite song of his that never failed to bring a tear to my eye whenever I listened to it. I think we all know someone like Matthew who touched our lives long after they were gone.

What is this. I’m MIA for one day and miss out on the John Denver Fan Club convo. I was a huge Denver fan. Still am. I have always thought David would sound incredible covering any of Denver’s songs. I was so lucky to have front row seats for JD’s concert here in Austin back in the day. It was in the round at our then brand new arena at the University of Texas. That show stills the record for the largest attendance of any show at this venue. The record has held since 1978. Not even Taylor Swift or George Strait have broken it.

Chat was fun last night. We saw some of the odler videos and I had forgotten how awesome he was from the very beginning. Yup, he always had it, and always will. ♥

Dayzee, I really like your paper chain counting the days. That’s a great idea. And you have a great room!

I wasn’t really a Denver fan. I don’t really know why, althought I am definitely familiar with some of his music and he has a great voice still. I guess it was because I was more of a rock fan when I was younger? But listening now, I can see that some of his songs would sound great with David’s unique voice and his own spin on them.

I’ve been re-watching the last few episods of NA now that all have subtitles, all the way up to #10, and I am just amazed at how David’s skill is improving day by day. Plus, the story line (& David’s gorgeous face, of course) has drawn me in, hook, line, and sinker. lol I can’t wait for tomorrow’s episode. I.Am.Ready!

Spiritsaid

#94 – newest Bench picture of David – Holy Moly!! Is there any color that David doesn’t look fantastic in? Years ago, there was a book called ” Color Me Beautiful”. The theory was that each person has a “seasonal” color palette in which they look the best. Spring and summer colors were usually more pastel while winter and fall colors were bolder. Anyway….David must be a winter, spring, summer, and fall guy! That shouldn’t be possible, but as we know, ordinary is not a word that describes David.

Spiritsaid

Point of clarification on my last comment concerning the Color Me Beautiful palettes. Sometimes a person does get to be a combination of seasons such as a spring/fall or a summer/winter, but NOBODY ever gets to be every season except apparently Mr. David James Just Put Any Old Thing On Me And I’ll Look Gorgeous Archuleta. (Oh, and to top it off, then I’ll smile.)

Abrrasaid

kayceesaid

106. Ok. I’ve seen those songs from the Bench launch at least a dozen times…and yet, I’m left speechless each time! The energy, the emotional connection with the crowd, the pure joy in his countenance, and of course the VOICE! As a matter of fact, no matter what song I watch him sing, he just has that ability to bring me into the moment and make me feel that joy he feels when he sings.

My son, who returned from a mission to Central America not long ago would often leave the people he was serving or teaching with a song. Can you imagine if David did the same?! I can see the headlines now…”A strange unexplained malady hits the area with mesmerized people walking around in a smiling breathless stupor! “Haha!

I love Nandito Ako. Who would’ve thought we’d be seeing David in a novela and acting. He does dramatic, angry, comedy, sad, crying, love, all of it with perfect timing…perfect everything. Rambling here haha.

Ditto this Bluesky:
“Thank you so much for taking this on and trying your wings. May you find them ever lifted by the strength of the power that holds you up and carries you onward.”
I loved your whole post. The end was perfect for how I’ve been feeling about David’s future.
I wish him everything good as he moves with his heart.